Konoha: From Aburame to God.

Chapter 27 Reunion with Kakashi

Aburame Shiyi began to intentionally and passively collect information about Kakashi.

In fact, it is not difficult to collect information about Kakashi. As the son of Hatake Sakumo, he is occasionally mentioned when the villagers of Konoha talk about him.

In this way, Aburame Shiyi easily collected Kakashi's information and learned that Kakashi had completed his mission recently and was resting.

The teammate that Hatake Sakumo rescued publicly blamed Hatake Sakumo, and other teammates who failed in the mission also put all the blame on Hatake Sakumo.

As a result, the White Fang incident escalated, and many ninjas began to realize that things were getting out of control and began to try to calm public opinion.

But it was all in vain. Public opinion on the White Fang incident was one-sided. Their efforts could only cause a stir but could not reverse the situation at all.

When Kakashi completed the mission and returned to the village, he was very angry when he heard the villagers blaming Hatake Sakumo.

But there is no way.

Kakashi returned home, looking for his father with a pale face, wanting to gain some strength.

When Hatake Sakumo saw how pale Kakashi looked, he rubbed Kakashi's head with pity.

"I'm sorry, it seems that you have suffered because of my affairs."

"It's okay, father. As long as you're okay."

Kakashi's face became much rosier after being comforted by Hatake Sakumo.

In fact, Kakashi was angry that the villagers were talking about his father.

This is because the villagers are disrespectful to their fathers, rather than thinking that their fathers have done anything wrong.

Kakashi lowered his head and mustered up the courage to tell Hatake Sakumo what the Konoha villagers had said.

When Hatake Sakumo heard his teammates starting to blame him, he sighed quietly.

Hatake Sakumo did not blame them, because when he decided to save his teammates, he had thought about the consequences and was determined to bear the consequences.

This is the will of fire that Hatake Sakumo insists on. Even though it is very unfavorable to him now, he will never regret it.

Hatake Sakumo looked at Kakashi who had always been by his side, sighed imperceptibly, and a forced smile appeared on his face.

"Kakashi, I'm fine. You don't have to stay with me all the time. You should go for a good stroll and have some fun."

"Father…"

Kakashi wanted to say something else but was interrupted by Hatake Sakumo.

Looking at his father's gentle eyes, Kakashi was speechless and could only do as his father wanted.

"Father, take a good rest."

Kakashi was still a little worried, but under the gaze of Hatake Sakumo, he left his house.

Hatake Sakumo looked at Kakashi's back and couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

"Kakashi, you will have to live alone from now on. It must be very hard. I'm sorry for making you suffer."

Hatake Sakumo had no intention of refutation about the fact that he would be punished.

But he could accept the punishment for failing the mission, but he would never admit to being punished for saving his teammates.

These two are not the same concept, but some people blur the two in order to launch public opinion attacks on him and suppress his prestige.

Hatake Sakumo slowly wiped his sword, the scythe of the god of death that had killed countless lives on the battlefield, and he was a little absent-minded.

"Perhaps I didn't understand the Will of Fire from the beginning."

Hatake Sakumo was more of a samurai than a ninja, but he was not ignorant of politics.

No matter what, the matter has become a foregone conclusion now, and the public opinion among the villagers of Konoha is attacking him.

The Third Hokage did not say anything, nor did he take any action to stop it, which means that this matter was tacitly approved by the Third Hokage.

In fact, Hatake Sakumo has a certain understanding of his own prestige, and he also knows that he poses a threat to the Hokage master-disciple system.

Therefore, Hatake Sakumo has repeatedly stated that he is just a sword and has no intention of becoming Hokage. He also deliberately stays in seclusion outside of missions and does not communicate with others.

But he didn't expect that he would still be feared by the Hokage, who even did not hesitate to tarnish the Will of Fire to attack him. The Hokage is the leader of Konoha Village and the embodiment of the Will of Fire. If even the Hokage does not recognize the Will of Fire, then what is the meaning of the Will of Fire?
As he thought about it, a strange kind of carefree and unrestrained attitude appeared in Hatake Sakumo, as well as a sense of world-weariness.

He must defend the will of fire and never allow the consciousness of fire to be tarnished!

Kakashi walked aimlessly on the street, and heard the villagers' discussions about Hatake Sakumo intermittently. Because of his teammates' accusations, Hatake Sakumo was caught in an even more unfavorable whirlpool of public opinion.

When the villagers of Konoha found out that even Hatake Sakumo's teammates blamed Hatake Sakumo, they criticized Hatake Sakumo even harder, as if they had received recognition from others, in order to prove that they were right.

The occasional different voices were quickly drowned out by the huge volume of criticism.

"Is father wrong? No! Father is absolutely not wrong!"

Kakashi wanted to argue loudly and teach the villagers a lesson, but he was afraid of bringing trouble to his father.

I can only walk silently on the busy street, out of tune with other people, and my back looks very lonely.

"Hey, long time no see Kakashi."

Kakashi turned around upon hearing that and saw that it was Aburame Shiyi waving at him.

"Zhiyi..."

Kakashi was about to say something when he was interrupted by Aburame Shiyi.

"It's not very convenient here. Let's go. I'll treat you to a barbecue and we can talk in a quiet place."

Kakashi didn't say much after hearing this, but just followed Aburame Shiyi in silence.

I came to the Akimichi clan's barbecue restaurant again and asked the owner for a quiet room.

The owner of the barbecue restaurant was also very happy to see Aburame Shiyi.

"Zhiyi is here again."

"Yes, boss. There is no other way but your barbecue is better."

The boss was even happier when he heard what Aburame Shiyi said.

Aburame Shiyi led Kakashi into a quiet room.

Seeing Kakashi looking a little absent-minded, Aburame Shiyi sighed.

"I also understand Lord Hatake Sakumo's situation. This matter is very complicated. Don't worry Kakashi. There may be a way out."

Kakashi was cheered up when he heard what Aburame Shiyi said, and asked:

"Zhiyi, do you think my father did something wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Aburame Shiyi immediately responded:

"Master Hatake Sakumo did nothing wrong. If you watched your teammates die in front of you and did nothing, then there must be something wrong with the Will of Fire."

"You know, it was the Second Hokage who cut off the Third Hokage's retreat and allowed him to survive. The Second Hokage used his life to prove that the will of fire has temperature."

Kakashi felt relieved and seemed more energetic when he heard someone recognized his father.

But when he thought of his father's haggard appearance, Kakashi couldn't stop the worry on his face.

Aburame Shiyi saw Kakashi's worried look and spoke up.

"Kakashi, if possible, I would like to meet Lord Hatake Sakumo."

"You want to see my father?!"

When Kakashi heard that Aburame Shiyi wanted to meet his father, he couldn't hide the surprise on his face.

At the same time, he was also grateful to Aburame Zhiyi, because this gave him a reason to go home and take care of his father.

Concerned about his father, Kakashi agreed.

Even though his father blamed him in the end, Kakashi accepted it.

(End of this chapter)